Portland Homeless Problem



 Our beautiful city currently has 6633 homeless people living on the street. It is unfortunate that some of our community members don’t have a place where they feel warm, safe, and loved inside its walls.




The lack of affordable housing, mental health resources, and high-paying jobs are some of the main reasons behind this problem. Many of those people face a lot of abuse and violence on the street and have to be protected. For a progressive state, our government needs to take action by providing free health care services that include mental health resources. Moreover, the city of Portland needs to maximize its effort to provide shelters for these people as Winter is coming and help those people to live off the streets. As a community, we all need to chip in and find a way to help some of the community members secure a better life and a brighter future.



Written By: Elias Karam

 

 

Sources:

1-     Portland homeless count shows rise in those living on the streets | kgw.com

 

2-     10 Root Causes of Homelessness | Human Rights Careers

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